Thursday, April 23, 2015

Petition For the Release of a Director's Cut of Carrie (2013)

There
may be a release of a director's cut of Carrie (2013), the remake directed by
Kimberly Peirce. The studio cut out 40-45 minutes of footage in the editing
room (when it was pushed seven months back) and only 12 minutes of deleted
scenes have been seen on the Blu-Ray.

Apparently,
this film was heavily subjected to test screenings and focus groups, with test
audiences shown several versions of the prom scene. I came across an
interesting conversation on one of the fan-pages, and according to someone who
saw the early test screening back in December 2012, the original cut of the
film was more violent. I believe the film's brutality and gore were toned down
during the editing process because of what happened in Sandy Hook. The person
claimed that the audience felt a little concerned about the film and what
happened in Sandy Hook. The fact that focus groups played a heavy role in the
final cut tells me that Kimberly Peirce did not, and certainly not to a degree
where she would be able to effectively dictates her vision of what the film
ought to be. Between that and the re-shoots, this was not an auteur project,
but a studio project. Interesting, huh?

Some
of the most notable differences in the director’s cut vs. the theatrical cut
are:

A
White Commission: Interviews, videos, and testimonies about the prom are placed
throughout the movie. This was done in the book and the 2002 NBC remake.

More
prom violence: People who went to the test screenings said the cut they saw had
more violence. Footage cut includes more scenes of Carrie moving tables and
chairs, a scene of someone getting impaled with a star decoration, students
doing a crazy type of puppet dance when getting electrocuted, and an alternate
shot of Carrie escaping the burning gym.

The
town destruction: Carrie setting buildings and cars on fire as she leaves the
school and walks through town.

More
character development: There was more character development in the original
cut. There was a scene with Sue being tormented by her ex-friends about her
boyfriend going to prom with Tommy and a scene with Carrie being bullied by
Chris in public.

Alternate
Endings: There is an alternate ending on the Blu-Ray with Carrie's bloody arm
coming out of Sue's vagina while she is giving birth but many others were
filmed. One has Sue dying, one has Carrie surviving, one is a sad ending, and
two show the town trying to cover up "what really happened".

The
studio may eventually release it but the petition needs more signatures. Sites
like DreadCentral, ScreenRant, Digital Spy, and BloodyDisgusting shared the
petition. Some actors from the film (some who even got their whole scenes cut)
responded to fans asking if the film got butchered in the editing room and they
said yes. Hopefully it will release soon. The petition is below:

For
more information and to sign the petition for the release of a Director’s Cut
ofthe 2013 Carrie DVD/Blu-Ray,
please visit: